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USA · 73 yrs · K=20 · Peak 1886 (Mar 2024, includes FIDE’s rating adjustment)

Best performance: 1988 at 2026 New Zealand Rapid Chess Championships(Best of 2026)

World #=33568 live, down 649#32,919 publishedUnited States #364Americas #=4447among active players

Rapid rating

1878

FIDE’s November 2026 list. No rated games since, so the live rating is the same.

On FIDE’s list since Feb 2024

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Rapid

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Rapid rating 1851 to 1878 over the last 12 months; peak 1886 in March 2024.

Official rating by month

Each month: the rating, its change from the list before, and the rated games FIDE counted.

ListClassicalRapid
Nov 20261875, -8, 5 games1878, 0, 0 games
Oct 20261883, 0, 11 games1878, 0, 0 games
Sep 20261883, -24, 5 games1878, 0, 0 games
Aug 20261907, 0, 0 games1878, 0, 0 games
Jul 20261907, +34, 11 games1878, 0, 0 games
Jun 20261873, 0, 0 games1878, 0, 0 games
May 20261873, -9, 8 games1878, 0, 0 games
Apr 20261882, 0, 0 games1878, 0, 0 games
Mar 20261882, 0, 0 games1878, 0, 0 games
Feb 20261882, -36, 19 games1878, +27, 9 games
Jan 20261918, 0, 0 games1851, 0, 0 games
Dec 20251918, +44, 11 games1851, 0, 0 games

Form · Rapid

oldest → latest

Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 4 games, Jan 11 – Jan 12.

From 27 rapid games on record, the latest on Jan 12.

Rapid games since the November list

No rated rapid games this rating periodsince the NOV26 list (Nov 1, 2026)

Show gamesLast playedScore
2026 New Zealand Rapid Chess ChampionshipsJan 11 – Jan 12TPR 19886/9

The live rating moves only when new rated games are played. Until then it matches the published rating.

Best wins · Rapid

From 27 rated rapid games against rated opponents, 2024–2026

#OpponentRating
1, FM Robert W Smith, Jan 2026 · 2026 New Zealand Rapid Chess Championships, 2051
2, CM William Forster, Jan 2024 · New Zealand Rapid Championship 2024, 1850
3, Matthew Ashton, Jan 2026 · 2026 New Zealand Rapid Chess Championships, 1791

Openings · Rapid

From the moves of 13 of 27 rapid games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.c4 in 4 of 6 games.

As BlackMeets 1.e4 with 1...c5.

All openings (1 as Black)

Against 1.e4: 1...c5 in 5.

Openings in Black gamesGamesScore
Sicilian Defense550%

2 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Rapid

3 events

Events before the current rating period show the performance, not a rating change.

Live events show the rating change; earlier events show the performance rating.

Performance rating by year

YearGamesScoreAvg oppTPR
20269618631988
20259516851728
202495½16441724

Games count in the month they were played. Each month and year is one performance rating over all of its rated games.

Rated near Lester Van Meter · Rapid

World

  1. #=33568Goncalo Maria Franco V. Esteves1878.0
  2. #=33568Emanuel Johansson1878.0
  3. #=33568FM Lester Van Meter1878.0
  4. #=33568Jeremias De Los Santos1878.0
  5. #=33568Yves Calvin1878.0

United States

  1. #=362Evan Michael Kauffmann1880.0
  2. #=362Aadvik Iyer1880.0
  3. #364FM Lester Van Meter1878.0
  4. #365Rishi Jasti1877.0
  5. #=366Daniel Yassky1876.0

Live rating: FIDE’s November list plus every rated game played since. Not affiliated with FIDE.